Fires The roof fire of an apartment building was brought under control in the center of Porvoo, about twenty residents were evacuated

Porvoo in the city center, the roof of an apartment building caught fire on Pormestarinkatu will be extinguished. After 5 pm, the Eastern Uusimaa Rescue Department announced that the fire had been brought under control.

The final firefighting and clearing work is expected to take another hour. An alarm from a fire in a three-story house came to the rescue service at about 3 p.m.

All 19 residents who were there were evacuated from the house. One of them was slightly injured and taken to hospital, the rescue service was told.

“The fire seems to have originated from the repairs. There were repair workers in the house at about 2 pm, by which time the fire may have started, ”said the risk management manager. Tomi Pursiainen From the Eastern Uusimaa Rescue Department to BTI.

The fire was successfully limited to the roof structures of the apartment building. However, some of the apartments in the building and the stairwell suffered water damage, according to the rescue service.

The fire has been set on fire by about 20 rescue units.